United States of America

UNITWIN Network on Inter-Religious Dialogue for Intercultural understanding (740), established in 2006

 

Fields/Disciplines Sociology, philosophy, history of cultures and religions, human and cultural rights, pedagogy and education. Inter-religious dialogue for inter-cultural understanding. Objectives The principal objectives of the Cooperation Programme are to: promote an integrated system of research,training, information and documentation activities in the field of inter-religious dialogue, as a component of inter-cultural dialogue; provide advice and expertise to assist all countries, particularly developing and countries in transition in: establishing long-term cooperation among partner universities in capacity building and institutional strengthening in the area of inter-religious dialogue for inter-cultural understanding; facilitating links between the member institutions through development of interaction and collaboration among partner universities as well as among related UNITWIN Networks through joint programmes, visiting professorships and student mobility; helping members of the Network to establish an international cooperative research programme in inter-religious dialogue for inter-cultural understanding; developing methods of interdisciplinary research and development activities through knowledge sharing and mutual assistance in upgrading and further development of the existing academic and professional qualifications; enhancing public awareness on inter-religious dialogue for inter-cultural understanding issues in specific circumstances through interaction and collaboration among partners; facilitating the development and use of information and communication technologies; enabling Network members to update and upgrade their capacities through linkages with universities in the world. Host InstitutionCenter for Intercultural Dialogue, University of Oregon (USA) Members 1. UNESCO Chair at the University of Birmingham (U.K.). Website 2.UNESCO Chair at Monash University (Australia) Website 3.UNESCO Chair at the University St Joseph (Lebanon) Website 4.UNESCO Chair at the Elijah School of Wisdom of World Religions (Israel)Website 5.UNESCO Chair at the University of Haifa (Israel) Website 6.UNESCO Chair at Tashkent Islamic University (Uzbekistan) Website 7.Institute of Oriental Studies (Uzbekistan) Website 8.UNESCO Chair at Kyrgyz Russian-Slavic University (Kyrgyzstan) Website 9.UNESCO Chair at the State University of Moldova (Republic of Moldova)Website 10.Russian Slavic University Dushanbe (Tajikistan) 11.UNESCO Chair at the Russian Institute for Cultural Research (Russian Federation) Website 12.University of Fribourg (Switzerland) Website 13.UNESCO Chair at the Centre of the Studies of the Religions of the Book (France)Website 14.UNESCO Chair at the Institute of Knowledge of the Religions of the Book (France)Website 15.UNESCO Chair at the University of Bucharest (Romania) Website 16.UNESCO Chair at the University of Oregon (United States of America)Website 17.UNESCO Chair at the University of Tunis I (Tunisia)Website 18.UNESCO Chair at the Institute For Oriental Studies, Almaty (Kazakhstan)Website 19.UNESCO Chair at Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Tbilisi (Georgia)Website 20.UNESCO Chair at the Catholic University of Lyon (France)Website 21.UNESCO Chair at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - Centre d’études des religions du Livre(France)Website 22.UNESCO Chair at The Karl-Franzens University, Graz (Austria)Website UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network Culture, Education

8-05-2009 (USA)-The UNESCO Chairs from the Network on Interreligious Dialogue for Intercultural Understanding, University of Oregon From May 8 - 11, 2009, the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, with the support of the University of Oregon, hosted the first-ever meeting on U.S. soil of the UNESCO Chairs from the UNITWIN network on interreligious dialogue for intercultural understanding. >> Más